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outvillain

outvillain verb: to exceed in villainy.

Verb

outvillain (third-person singular simple present outvillains, present participle outvillaining, simple past and past participle outvillained)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in villainy.
    • First Lord: He [Parolles] has out-villained villainy so far that the rarity redeems him.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of outvillain

third-person singular presentoutvillains
present participleoutvillaining
past participleoutvillained
pastoutvillained

Origin of outvillain

From out- + villain.

Questions about outvillain

What does outvillain mean?
Outvillain means to exceed in villainy.
What part of speech is outvillain?
Outvillain is a verb.
What is the past tense of outvillain?
The past tense of outvillain is outvillained.

Words near outvillain in the dictionary

  1. outvie
  2. outvied
  3. outvies
  4. outvillage
  5. outvillages
  6. outvillain
  7. outvillained
  8. outvillaining
  9. outvillains
  10. outvoice
  11. outvoiced

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